Wine Tasting

Wine Tasting Gifts

The basics of wine tasting are really quite simple. You don’t need to have formal training and everyone can do it. Etiquette orders that the men should ensure the ladies are always served their wine first. In most wine sampling parties, you can expect to be served up with a room temperature bottled water. The water is to wash your mouth between tastes in order for your palate to be clean for the next wine. The water is not to be very cold as this can shock the roof of the mouth which can change the taste of the wine dramatically.

Holding the wine glass by the stem and not the bowl in the palm of your hand is very important when it comes to wine sampling. One thing that people don’t realize is that the palm of your hand is warm and this can warm up the wine therefore changing the sample.

Tasting the wine doesn’t just involve putting the wine in your mouth and roll it about your tongue a couple of times before spitting or swallowing.

The first step in tasting wine is by taking a look at its coloring. Make sure the glass you have been given is clean and simple to see through otherwise you can’t see the true coloring of the wine. Use a white backdrop when checking the colour of the wine, this will help you to see the true colour and clarity of the wine. White doesn’t always mean white when it come to wine, you can sometimes find white wine with a brown, yellow or even green shade. For red wines, you will find that it also has different shades of red, the lighter the colour of the red wine is, the older it is.

There is a examination that can suggest the age or the flavor of the wine and that is to run the wine around the rim of your glass and look at the color. Just tip the glass and look at the wine, if it is purplish in colour, it suggests that the wine is young, if it is brownish, it means that it is an older wine.

Testing the odor is the next step and this is done by twirling the wine around the glass to mix in the air and then breath fully through the nose after placing the glass just above your top lip. The wine could have been in the bottle for a little as six months to many years so by twirling the wine you will be releasing the flavours. It’s like cooking at home where you stir the food in order for you to blend the flavour.

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